2007-03-04 04:37:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
it's not a matter of needing air to breathe, its a matter of the vacuum of space destroying your body.
in empty space water will boil away in a flash due to the lack of pressure, so all of the water in your body will start to boil. the pressure inside of your body will cause you to expand. the -270 degrees Celsius of space is freezing you.
you wouldn't have time to worry about the air. in fact it would likely be better for you to exhale before going into space, since then your lungs wouldn't explode.
the scene in 2001 a space odyssey is fairly correct though, although he might have survived but he should have been in the hospital after it.
2007-03-04 04:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by Tim C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
O, about a New York minute if you hold your breath!
See the movie 2001 Space Odyssey!
2007-03-04 13:52:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh for Crissake, you wont explode in a vacuum. You'll have about 20 seconds before you pass out as you cant hold a breath.
2007-03-04 19:23:58 · answer #3 · answered by stargazergurl22 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its been documented before on some pages. Here's a good link.
http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/vacuum.html
Basically you wouldn't explode, you'd be unconcious within anywhere from 5-12 seconds.
2007-03-04 14:40:11 · answer #4 · answered by Ordin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have maybe a minute, hope you get picked up as a hitch hiker by a passing ship or SOL.
2007-03-04 12:45:49 · answer #5 · answered by zaphodsclone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like 30 seconds, maybe a minute if you're really hardy.
2007-03-04 12:40:29 · answer #6 · answered by Roman Soldier 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
for as long as you can hold your breath!
2007-03-04 17:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by amandac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depends upon how much you can controll your breath!
2007-03-04 12:43:03 · answer #8 · answered by ram kumar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no time !!
2007-03-04 12:56:00 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋